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Patented Mer. 19,192.15.

l UNITED STATES PATE NT orarie-e.- f

JAMES S. A RC'U S AND-BOBERT E. .'BEAUIBIEN, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS; SAD BEAUBIEN' AssIeNon To saro Anous.

jrIcxET-IssuiNo MACHINE.

vnpplaemm meanpr'u 1o, 192s. seria; m. 22,046.

Our linvent-ion relates.v in its composite aspects to fa relatively inexpensive and dependable ,machinel for issuing tickets,- andone which will be particularlysuitable for manual operation and for affordin a. rapid issuing of one or more tickets accor ing to the number desired. Forfsuch generalpurposes ourQin-v, vention aims vto provide Vamanually operable machine in which the movement of a) given slide or key will automatically feed out and cut off a predetermined number of tickets, and in which the actuating parts will 'be returned automatically and positively to their initial positions.` Furthermore, ourinvention includesnovel means for feeding and halting the strip of tickets or the like in prop'- erly timed? relation to the actuating of a strip-cutter, and for preventing an unintentional feeding ofthe strip.

Our invention also includesnovel features which may beapplicable to other purposes besides a ticket-issuing machine. One of these consists of lever-actuating means whereby a lever will be moved to avarying extent according to the actuating. member selected by the-user, whereby all actuating members eX- cept the selected one are locked against movement during the operation of the selected one,"

' whereby dilferent elements of the machine y are so interlocked that the actuating member cannot be retracted until ithas completed its lactuating stroke, and whereby the operated actuating member cannot again be moved in its actuating direction until it has been completely retracted. f

Another novel feature which may alsobe applicable for other uses than a part of such a ticket-issuing machine is a power storing mechanism whereby power is stored up during the actuating oan actuating member,

and whereby the stored power is thereafterused successively for operating some mechanism and for returning various parts of the entire machine to their starting positions.

Viewed in its composite aspects, our invention provides a ticket-issuing machine in which both' the strip-feeding mechanism and the cutting mechanism are actuated by the movement of a single lever; in which key memberslor slides are arranged for respectively causing the lever to feed different f lengths of the ticket strip according to the selected key member, and in which such a variable extent of feeding is accomplished by,

the complete movements of key members having` strokes approximately of'equal lengths.`

' 1. Our invention also provides means for normally holding each key member in completely retracted position, for blockin the movement of all other key members w enever one key member is 'out o f its initial position, and for automatically releasing such a blocking when the actuated key member is returned to its initial position. It also provides simple means for interlocking each key member with lthe operating lever of the mechanism Whenever the key4 member is operated, thereby causing vthe actuated key member and the operating lever to move in unison until this key member has returned to its initial position.

Our invention also' provid'es means for preventing a retracting movement ofi-the actuated key member before the actuating of this membegias effected the operation of certain partse the mechanism, and for this purpose provides separate detent means associated with each of the key members and arranged for preventing a retracting movement of the-actuated key member, together` with means responsive to the operating of a certain part of the actuated mechanism for releasing the detent. Furthermore, it pro-r vides an' arrangement whereby such a releasing of the detent makes the same detent operativefor preventing a subsequent moving of the actuated key member in its actuating di; rection after it has once started vits retracting movement andbefore it has returned to its initial position. It also provides an arrangementhin which a single releasing member releases the detents associated with all of the key members, and in which this releasing member is held in an vinoperative position until the previously operative detent has'become 4operative in the opposite direction.

In some further aspects, our invention provides a ticket issuing machine including an actuating lever connected to the ticket feed- Cil ated, or the number of tickets issued in response to theV actuating of each of these members.

Furthermore, our inventionprovides means for feeding the issuing end of a strip past a spring-pressed gate with such initial force as to open the gate and with such a gradually increasingvelocity as to project the severed ticket or tickets through the opening thus affor'ded. It also provides a strip feeding mechanism for this purpose including gearing arranged for gradually increasing the velocity of the feeding and for unusual compactness.

Moreover, our invention provides a mechanism of this general class in which definitely proportioned movements of an operating lever are aforded by actuating members disposed unusually close to each other and having strokes of substantially equal length, in which yielding means normally hold each actuating member inits starting position, and in which each actuating member when retracted after its operating movement is slammed into positive engagement with the yielding means.

It also provides means whereby the inward movement of an actuating member first effects a feeding of the strip to the desired extent and thereafter a severing of the fed p0rtion of the strip, and means for preventing a retracting of the actuating member prior to the completion of the said feeding and severing operations.

Still further and also more detailed objects of our invention will appear from the following specification and from the accompanying drawings, which drawings are as follows:

Fig. 1 plan view of machine with cover of the casing cut away.

Fig. 2 plan view taken from below the strip-holding deck, but with the reel and ticket guard left on. l

Fig. 3 vertical longitudinal section through the complete machine, taken along the lines 3 3 of Figs. 1 and 2.

Fig. 4 fragmentary and enlarged Verti- -cal and longitudinal section, taken along the line Ll---f of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 vertical section along line 5 5 of Fig. 2.v I

Fig. G transverse and enlarged vertical section along line 6 6 of Fig. 2, with the cutter shown as it appears immediately after it has cut the ticket strip.

Fig. 7 section similar to Fig. 6, but with the cutter'in its initial position.

Fig. 8 enlarged horizontal section taken from line 8 8 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 9 section through Fig. 8 along line 9 9.

Fig. 10 isometric and fragmentary View of the means for latching the inoperative slide bars, together with parts of the detent latches for two of the slide bars.

Fig. 11-fragrnentary plan view showing how the slide-bar latches engage all other slide bars whenever one slide-bar 'is actu- Fig. 12 enlarged section along line 12-12 of Fig. 2. y

Figs. 13 to lG-enlarged sections taken along the line 13 13 of Fig. l0, showing four consecutive positions of one of the slidebar detents.

Fig. 17 enlarged plan view of the latch for. the spring-winding bar, showing this bar in its initial position.

Fig. 18 similar view, showing the springwinding bar released.

Fig. 19 side elevation of the same parts, taken from the right hand of Fig. 18.

Fig. 2() fragmentary perspective view showing the push pins on one of the side bars and the means for yieldingly holding the slide bars in retracted position.

Fig. 2l view showing threeA consecutive positions of one of the hook formations on the reel-actuating lever with respect to the interlocking pin on an adjacent slide bar.

Fig. 22 is a longitudinal vertical section through the spring mechanism, taken along the line 22 of Fig. 8.

Fig. 23. is a bottom perspective View of the spring mechanism, showing this in its starting position.

Fig. 24 is a similar view, showing the mechanism in its fully wound position.

Figs. 25, 26and 27 are views taken from the right-hand end of Fig. 23, showing three consecutive positionsof two fingers of the spring-mechanism.

Fig. 28 is a partial plan view (with the slide bars and other elevated parts omitted) showing the positions of the feed lever, the cutter lever, the sub-lever and the gears when the cutter lever has just tripped the "latch which releases the cutter, corresponding to dotted lines in Fig. 2.

Fig. 29 is a fragmentary plan view showing the extreme position to which the cam gears are moved by the slide bar 5 which effects the longest issuing of the ticket strip.

Fig. 30 is a perspective view of the complete machine. j

In the drawings, we are illustrating an embodiment of our invention in which the mechanism is mounted in a casing from which the actuating or key members numbered 1 to 5 inclusive project as shown in Fig. 30. Each of these actuating members is here shown as a slide carrying a key number corresponding to the number of tickets which the machine will issuel when that member is slidinward of the casing A as far as it will go and is then released, and hence is hereafter termed a slide bar. Fig. 3() also shows the issued portions of the ticket strip 7 together with the springpressed gate 8 which holds these tickets in their issued position after they have been severed from the main portion of the strip.

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correspondingly spaced perforations 13 in the ticketstrip. The vticket strip is held against the rotatable strip feeder by the guard 13 andhas its freeend,issuingthrough' an openingin one end ofthe casing past the spring-pressed Agate; 8 as .shown /in*F1g. 8. Thel portion of the ticket strip betweenthe gate and the rotatable strip feeder-511 passes' a shearing plate 115 disposed closeto they path of a movable cutter 116 by means of which the strip is cut during the operation of the machine.

Brieflytracing this operation in connection with -a selected actuating member, such as the slide bar 3 of Figs. 28 and 2, the complete inward sliding and subsequent releasing of this actuating or slide bar member 4 accom-v plishesthe following actions in approximately the sequence recited n 1. The initial part of the inward movement of the slide bar3 releases the tip vof an upwardly projecting pin 15 on this bar from its yielding engagement with a spring latch 117 (Fig. 20) which normally holds the slide bar in completely retracted position. I

2. The rear end of the slide bar 4 by` virtue of its cam shape moves the adjacent and slidably mounted locking plates 16 and 17 of Figs. 10 and 11 respectively in opposite directions, thereby causing these locking plates to block any'attempted inward movement of the other slide bars until the selectively moved slide bar has been completely retracted.

3. A pin 15 (which is fast on the slide bar 5 as shown in Fig. 20) engages-a main-or feed lever 18 which is disposed in the path of such pins on all of the slide. bars, thereby gradually moving this lever from the position shown in full lines in Fig. 2 to that shown in dotted lines in the same figure.' The'motion of this main lever is transmittedthrough a 'link 19 to a cam gear 2O (Fig. 2) which meshes with the teeth of a cam pinion 21 (Fig. 28) and rotates a collar 22 (Fig. 4) carrying an arm 23 which has a ratchet engagement with projections 24 lon the bottom of the reelshaped strip feeder 11, thereby causing this feeder to feed out a strip portion corresponding in its length beyond the shearing plate 15 to the number of tickets on the key markingv ofthe actuated slide bar.

4. Owing to the shape of the cam gear and cam pinion, the eective leverage of the transmission is gradually increased duringtheir said movement. The initial 'pull on the ticket strip is relatively large, thereby causing the .free end of the strip to exert the thrust needed 'for opening the-gate 8v against the resistance; of the gate closing spring 75. As the movement of the gearing continues, the leverage changes (ov/ing to thef cam shapes) and increases the velocity with which the strip is 7o moved, thereby projecting the .strip through 1 thegate opening with su'ch an; impetusthat the seyered ticketsare'throm'outof thecas- I ing,

thus permittingthfspringt'l to c ose the gate'and to prevent outsiders from grasp- 75 ing the'i'remainder of the ticket strip.

5. The rockingl'iof'the cam gear 20 carries a stoppin 125g-fon t j'sgear Vv(FigQS) out of the path of projections on vthelower plateflllB of f the rotatable stripfeeder, thereby permitting v8O a free rotation' of this feeder through the said ratchetarm' 1until the cam gear has been retracted substantially to its initial position.

6. The inward movement of the slide bar trips the detent pawl 28 of Figs. 1 2`to 16 'inclusive out of -its initial Iposition inwhichits tip projects ldownwardly into va perforation v 29'in the slide bar, or out ofthe medial position in, which the detent is normally held by a spring 30, so that this detent tilts rearwardly as shownin Fig. 14. `Thus disposed, this det-ent pawl prevents a retracting movement of the actuated slide barA until the bar reaches the end of its travel sovas to dispose a more forward perforation l130 in the bar below the c detent 28, thereby permitting the spring 30 to return the detent to its medial or initial posi- 'tion of Fig. 13 when the detent pawl is released to permit such amovement.4

7. The changing angularity between the slide bar and the main lever 18 moves a hook formation .on this lever downwardly as viewed in Fig. 2, thereby causing a shoulder to interlock the slide bar with the main lever so that they Will'move together in both direc- 8. A downwardly projecting pin 132 on the slide bar (Fig. 20) engages a second lever-32 hereafter termed a cutter lever, and which isv disposed below the main or feed lever 18 in the initial position of the mechanism as shown l in Fig. 2. This' cutter lever 32 is connected through va link 33 to the power-storing means shown inl Figs.,22 to 27 inclusive, which means include two springs 40 and 56 both tensioned through t-he rear movement of 4the cutter lever 32 and respectively employed for moving the rockingly mounted cut-ter 116 in its stri p-cutting direction and for subsequently returning this cutter to its initial position. 9. At the end of its inward stroke, the feed lever 18 engages one arm of"a trip lever34 y shown in Figs 6 and 7), thereby preventing t-hevcutter from being swung in its strip-cutting direction by the cutter-operating spring of the power-storing mechanism, which spring has one end fastened to the shaft 41 of the cutter carrier through an adjustable collar 42 on this shaft, the carrier itself being fast upon the same shaft as shown in Fig. 6. l

10. While the cutter-carrier is thus moved rotationally to cut the strip (or towards the position shown in Fig. 6) a cam-shaped portion 43 of the cutter carrier rocks an arm 44 on a rock-shaft 45 which has at its other end an arm 46 connected by a link 47 (Fig. 12) to a pivoted detent latch 48. This latch ,is normally pressed downward by a spring 149 and has a forward edge portion overhanging the top of all of the detentpawls 28 whenthe latter are in their medial position of Fig. 13. As soon as the detent pawl associated with any one of the slide bars is tilted rearwardly after the manner of Fig. 15 bv the initial in-4 ward movement of the selected slide bar, the spring 149 (Figs. 10 and 13) snaps the detent latch 48 down behind this detent into the po sition shown in Fig. 14, thereby preventing the detent from being returned by the spring 30 to its medial position and hence causing the detent to catch on the' rear wall -of the aperture 130 in the slide bar after the manner of Fig. 15 so as to hold the actuated slide bar in its extreme inward position until the latch 48 is raised.` When the latch is raised through its said connection vby the link 47, the arm 46 and the rock-shaft 45 t'o the trip arm 44 (which was moved by the cutterv tends to retract the feed lever 18 and whichA therefore operates through the connection of the slide bar by the pin 15 and the rear shoulder 31 of the adjacent hook on the feed lever (Fig. 21) for retracting the slide bar with this lever.

12. When the cutter lever 32 (here shown as pivoted ou the same axis 50 with the feed lever 18 and as disposed below the latter when the levers are in their retracted or starting position as shown in Fig. 2) approaches its eX- treme inward position, it is locked in this position by a spring-pressed latch' 5l, this latch having a portion adapted to engage a part of the cutter lever-32 which extends beyond the pivot pin 50, as shown in Fig. 18, thereby holding this cutterl lever in its inward position until the latch 51 is released.

13. The feed lever 18 also has a portion projecting beyond its pivot axis, as shown lter lever.

in Fig. 19, and has the end of this portion formed to act as a cam against a pin 53 on the .latch 51. When the feed lever is retractedby the spring 49, this cam endgradually moves the latch 51 against the pull of the latch-hold; ing spring 57 and out of its holding engagement with the cutter lever 32, thus leaving the latter free to be retracted.

14./ The cutter lever 32 is connected through a' link 33 (Fig. 2) with a. rocking lever 55 through which it winds both the cutter-actuating spring 4() and a cutter-retracting spring 56, during the inward movement of the cut- When the cutter lever is latched in its retracted position, its connections to the link 54 and the rocking lever 55 prevent the cutter-retracting spring 56 from unwinding, but as soon as the latch 51 is released so as At0 permit a. retracting movement of the cutter lever, this unwinding occurs, thereby permitting the spring 56 to exert power through the rocking lever' 55 and the link 33 for retracting the cutter lever 32.

l5. The cutter lever 32 is connected at a point between the ends of the feed lever 18 to the free end of a sub-lever 58 (Fig. 2) by a substantially pivotal connection, so that the sub-lever 56 will be moved conjointly with the cutter lever. This sub-lever 58 also has a retracting spring 60 interposed between an arm 59 (which is fast on this sub-lever) and a pin 61 on the stationary supporting frame 62 of the machine, and this spring reinforces a retracting action of the retracting spring 56 in effecting the return movement of the cutter lever 32, thereby permitting another portion of the power of the cutter-retracting spring .56 to be elnployed for retracting the cutter.

16. When the spring 56 (Figs. 22 to 27) moves the rocking lever 55 in a direction in which this lever retracts the cutter lever through a movement of the connecting link 33, one end of this rocking leveil 55 engages an arm 63 which is fast on the shaft 41 of the cutter carrier, thereby moving the said carrier 1n. adirection which is counter-clockwise in Flg. 6 and causing the projecting linger 38 on this carrier to snap past the tip of the spring latch 37 so as to be latched by the latter in the position shown in Fig. 7.

l17. When the actuated slide bar 4 is coini pleting its return stroke, the riser pin 15 on it again snaps under the downwardly concaved spring latch 117 after the manner of Fig. 20, vthereby yieldingly latching this previously actuated slide bar in 'its starting position. At Ythe same time, the rear cam'end of the actuated slide bar is carried forwardly of the adjacent locking plates 16 and 17 of Fig. 11, thereby permitting all of these locking plates (which have portions abutting against each other as shown in Fig. 10) to be slid freely in either direction and hence rendering these plates inoperative until some one of the Slide bars has started its inward movement.

18. Since the cutter lever32 is held in its inward latched position-while the feed lever 18 is making a sutlicient retracting movement to cause its short arm to release the latch 51, and since the actuated slide bar retracts with the feed lever 18, the p ush pin 132 (Fig. 20) is out of engagement with the cutter lever during the vmajor portion of the retracting movement` of the slide bar. When the latching of the cutter lever is released, so that the springs 40 and 60 cooperate in retracting this lever, the cutter lever acquires a considerable momentum before it engages the push pin 132 on the slide bar, and hence ositively slams the slide bar into a complete y retracted position.

y19. When the slide barl is thus completely retracted, the perforation 29 is again brought below 'the adjacent detent pawl28 as shown in Fig. 13, thereby permitting the spring 30 Ato return this detent from the position of Fig. 16 (in which the pawl was disposed during the retracting movement of the slide bar) to its medial position of Fig. 13.

20. When'the cutter lever 32 is approaching its extreme inward position, it engages a part of a pivoted latch leger 61 (the said part being here shown'in Fig. 8 as a screw 122,

thereby permitting an adjustment to be made vduring the manufacturing) and rocks Ythis latch lever, therebysliding a latch 63 against the resistance `of a spring 4 and into the path of one of the projections 64 on the lower plate 11B of the reel or strip-feeding member. This latches'the strip-feeding member against further rotation, thereby positively halting it in a position in which the cutter is opposite the juncture of two tickets on the ticket strip, and holds the strip-feeding member against forward rotation until the strip has been cut and the feed leverA has started on its retracting movement, whereupon the spring 64 retracts the latch 63.

21., The retra-cting of the feed lever 18 also retracts the cam gear 20 through the link 19, thereby returning theI cam gear to its initial position and bringing the cam pin 25 into engagement with one of the projections on the reel plate 11B as shown in Fig. 9, soas to pre- V'vent an accidental forward rotation of the strip-feeding or reel member.

22. During the retraction f the cam gear 20, the cam pinion 21 through its intermeshing with the cam gear 20 is moved in a direction which is counterclockwise in Fig. 8, so as to return the pinion to its startingposition of Fig. 2. But this return movement of the pinion does not rotate the strip-feeding member backwards, as the pinion is notjfastened to thelatter but is only connected to it through a spring-pressed ratchet arm 23 which engages downward projections 24 on the lower reel member 11B during the feeding movement of the pinion but which rides over the same projections during theireturn movement of the inion. A friction spring 67 (Figs. 1 and 4) astened to the shaft 68, on which shaft both'the strip-feeding member and the cam pinion are freely rotatable, prevents accidental rotationof this member during the interval between the releasing of the latch 43 and the renewed engaging of the cam pin with one of thesaid projections on the stripfeeding member.

23. During its forward or strip-feeding rotation, the upper plate 11 of the strip-feeding member rotates a shaft 69 which is geared to this plate by a pinion 7() engaging teeth formations 71 on the said plate, thereby actuating a counter 72 so as to record the total number of tickets issued by. the machine.

24. Each key member during its inward movement engages a rocking arm 73 on an adjacent counter 74, so that the several counters 74' separately record the number of tickets sold singly or in groups of the different sizes corresponding to the numbering on the keys.

Mounting of the slide bam and as .sooifnteal parte. Referring to structural features of the illustrated embodiment, the actuatin members or slide bars are hereshown as the ars numbered from 1 to 5, inclusive, all of which extend slidably through two spaced supports and through corresponding opening 'in the front AA of the casing. The forward supincludes the riser' portion 87 has atop por- Y tion 117 grooved and overhanging the riser pins 15 on all of the slide bars so as to hold the slide bars yieldingly in their starting position.

The more rearward portions of the slide bars extend slidably through perforations in a riser 80, shown in Fig. l() as forming the forward web of a U-sectioned strip having a ledge 81 extending forwardly from the top of its forward web 804 and having its rear web 79 provided with a longitudinal s lxot -98 ythrough which the slide bars canalso be slid. Bearing rearwardly against this web 79 are the locking members16,.`17, 76 and 77 which are free to slide on the base 99 of this U-shaped vsupporting strip and which have the lower ortions of their adjacent ends adapted to utt against each other as shown in Fig. 10.

The upper end portions of these locking members are cut away suiiceintly so that when the lower ends of any two of these members butt adjacent slide bar.

against cach other, the upper end portions (which extend across the slot 98) will be spaced by a distance less than the width of the Consequently, the substantially cam-shaped rear portion of each slide bar forces the f adjacent two locking members apart when the slide bar is pushed rearwardly, so as to permit a free sliding of that bar through the slot 98. At the same time, pins 78 which all extend through the longitudinal slot 98 (and `each of which ex tends through shorter slot y93 in one of the locking members so as to hold the latter close to the rear web 79) limit the sliding of the locking members in each direction, so as to present effective openings of such a narrow width opposite each of the other slide bars that these Cannot be pushed through the slot 98 until the actuated slide bar has been retracted.

The rear web 79 of the said rear support also has perforations 100 through which fingers 101 on the latch 48 -are hooked, thereby affording a pivotal mounting for this latch as shown in Figs. 13 to 16. The forwardly d1- rected ledge 81 on the web 8 carries bearings for the shafts 102 of the several detent pawls 28. These bearings are shown in dotted lines in Fig. 15 and also shown in Fig. 4 as formed by curved ngers 110 formed from the said ledge. The ledge 81 also has the stationary ends of the springs 30 riveted to the same, and the rear web 79 has fastened to it the rear ends of the springs 149 which press the pivoted latch 48 downwardly.

In order to secure the desired extent of rotation of the reel or strip-feeding member in a compact construction, we form the cam pinion 21 with teeth extending for more than 360 degrees around the circumference of the cam, andr we shape the cam gear 20 so that when this gear is moved to its most inward pos1- tion, its forward end can be disposed radially inward of the cam 21 from same to the teeth on the latter, as shown in Fig. 29. y

yFor the power storing device, we desirably employ -`two shafts 41 and 104.supported in axial extension of each other, but not directly connected to each other. Thevsh'aft 41, to which the cutter carrier 39 is fastened, also has a collar 42 fastened to it and engaging one end of`the cutter-actuating spring` 40, while the other end of this sprlng is interlocked with an arm 63 which is freel rotatable on the shaft 41. This latter sha t also has another arm 97 fastened to it, the arms 63 and 97 being spaced from each otherso that one end of the rocking lever 55 extends between them as shown in Figs. 23 to 27. The other end of this rocking lever continuously engages an arm 105 on a collar 106 which is freely rotatable on the shaft 104 about which the retracting spring 56 is coiled. This retracting spring has one end interlocked with the collar 106 and has its other end interlocked with a collar 107 which is fastened to the shaft 104. In each case, the collar which is fast on the shaft, namely the collars 42 and 107, are desirably secured to them by screws, so that the collars can be rotated for adjusting the tension of the springs associated with them.

Since the shaft 41 has the cutter carrier 39 fastened to it and since this cutter carrier is prevented by the latch 37 from moving in its so that this lever moves the arm 63 in a direc` tion which would be clockwise in Figs. 25 to 27, or from the starting position of Fig. 25 to the full wound position 'of Fig. 26, thereby tensioning the power spring 40. The same movement ofthe rocking lever also moves the arm 105 in the opposite direction, thereby simultaneously tensioning "the retracting spring 56.

i As soon as the latch 37 has been operated through the engagementof the free end of the feed lever 18 with the trip lever 34, the power stored in the spring 40 swings the cutter carrier `and the shaft 41 inthe direction which is clockwise in Figs. 7 or 26, thereby moving the arm 97 from the position of Fig. 26 to that of Fig. 27, in which position the arm remains during the early part of the retracting movement of the feed lever 18. However, this does not effect the retracting spring, as the rocking lever is connected through the link 33 with the cutter lever 32 which has been locked in position by the latch 51, hence the retracting spring remains inoperative until this latch is released through the previously described action of'the shorter arm of the power lever 18. When lthis releasing occurs, the retracting spring returns the cutter member to its initial position and the power storing member to its initial positions of Figs. 23 and 25. To insure an effective latching of the cutter carrier by the latch 37 (Fig. 7) we desirably space this latch somewhat further from'the base of the machine than the height of the latching finger 38 on this carrier, thereby permitting the. retracting spring to move the said finger beyond the latch 37 and preventing pressure on this latch until power is being stored up again.

To prevent the sub-lever 58 and the cutter lever 32 from sagging at the connection between them, we desirably extend the cutter lever beyond the said connection and bend the said extending lever portion downwardly so that it slides on the base 106 of the machine, thereby holding the said connection raised lll) l and permitting the said twol levers to each other without undue friction.

pivot on The reel latch 63 is shown as sliding through slots in two posts 113 (Fig. 7) and as held down bythe plate 112 which (as shown in 4) supports the pivot pin 114 on which the guard or keeper 96 is mounted.- This guard 96 has a portion extending close to, but spaced from, the shearing plate 115 (as shown in Fig'. 7) so as to guide. the strip between this plate and the cutter.

To ,effect a strip issuing proportioned to the numbering on the slide bars, we position the pins on these bars at correspondingly'proportioued distances from the fulcrum of the power lever 18, thereby causing this lever to. bemoved to a different extent according to the' lslide bar selected as the actuating member.

Howefver, thedownwardly directed push-pins 132 are spaced so that each of them Willcause the cutter lever 32 to move toits maximum extent, or that in which the latteractuates .the

trip lever 34, although the power lever 18 may only 'have moved to an intermediate extent as shown in Fig. 28.

It will be obvious from the above that various parts of our mechanism are all responsive to each other in their sequence of operatipn' for accmplishing their various purposes, so that the entire operation is automatically performed by the mere inward'sliding of the actuating member which corresponds 1n its numbering*y tothe numbering o Y tickets that are to be issued. Moreover,'it will be obvious that our machine is highly compact and relai tively simple in its construction.

However, while we have here shown and described an embodiment of our invention including various highly desirable shapes and arrangements of' various parts, we do not wish to be limited to the details of the-construction and arrangement thus disclosed, as many changes might obviously be made without departing either from the spirit of our invention or' fromthe appended claims. c,

urthermore, we are not hereV claiming Y certain-of the broad features of the detent,

slide and lever mechanism, nor'are we claimf ing the broad features ofthe power storing mechanism, as each of these setsV of features are to be embodied in correspondingly di-V visional patent applications.

Weclaim as our invention 1. In a manually operated machine forl issuing tickets from a strip, a reel forfeeding the'strip, a longitudinallyslidable member;

adapted to be moved manually in one direc-A tion, and connecting means interposed between the actuating memberl and the v reel whereby a manual movement of the actuating member at a uniform rate of speed in the said direction rotates the reel with a gradual' ly increasing velocity.

\ 2. In a manually operated machine-for is? suing tickets from a strip, a reel for feeding tween the actuating member and the reel for causing amovement of the actuating member at a uniform rate of speed to rotate the reel with a gradually increasing velocity, the said :means includingA a pair of cam-shaped inter- `meshing gears. l

3. In a manually operated machine for issuing ticketsfrom 'a strip, a strip Vfeeding mechanism, a digitally yoperable actuating member, a housing having an opening through which tickets are issuedfrom the strip, a gate normally closing the opening, a spring normally holding the gate closed.; and mechanical connecting means interposed between the said memberand the strip feeding mechanism and arranged whereby the digital operation of the said member drives the said mechanism and causes this mecha-nismto feed 1 the strip,'a digitally operable actuating memn -v ber, and connecting` means interposed bethe strip with a'l high initial thrust adapted to open the gate against the resistance of the spring and with a gradually increasing veloc#A .ity adapted thereafter to slide the strip past the gate through the opening. v

4. In a manually operated machine for issuing tickets from a strip, a reel for feeding the strip, an actuating member adapted to be shd manually in one direction andnme- .chanical connecting means linterposed beerating connection between the power storing means and the cutting means, a'cutter latch preventing movement of the `cutting means through the stored power, and means actuated vby the actuatingmeans at a certain point in itsstroke for releasing the said latch.

5. In a manually operated' machine for isfsuing 'tickets from' a strip, a reel for feeding the strip, an actuating member adapted to be slid manually in one direction and mechanical connecting means interposed between the actuating member andthe reel for causing a slidin of the actuating member ,in the said direction to rotate reelso as to Iissue one or more tickets from the strip, and means op-A erated by theactuating member at the end of its slidingmovement in the said direction for cutting the issued ticketsfrom the strip, including two power storing means interposed f between the actuating member andthe cutter,

connections whereby one power storing means moves the cutter in its'cutting direction, a retraction preventing latch for holding the cutter against return movement at the' end of its cutting movement, connections be- Cil tween the second power storing means and the cutter for'returning the cutter to its initial position,v` and means actuated by the actuating member during its return stroke for releasing the said latch.

6. In a manually operated machine for issuing tickets from a strip, a reel for feeding the strip, an actuating member adapted to be slid manually in one direction and mechanical connecting means interposed between the actuating member and the reel for causing a sliding of the actuating member in the said direction to rotate the reel so as to issue one or more tickets from the strip, and means operated by the actuating member at the end of its sliding movement in the said direction for cutting the issued tickets from the strip, including two power storing means interposed between the actuating member and the cutter, connections whereby one power storing means moves the cutter in its cutting direction, a retraction preventing latch for holding the cutter against return movement at the end of its cutting movement, connections between the second power storing means and the cutter for returning the cutter to its initial position, and means actuated by the actuating member during its return stroke for releasing the said latch, the releasing means including a lever' operatively interposed between the actuating member and the second power storing means. 1

7. In a machine for issuing tickets from a strip, a reel for feeding the strip, a plurality of interchangeably and digitally operable actuating members, connecting means interposed betweeIr-the reel and the said members for causing a complete actuation of any one of the said members to turn the reel to an extent varying according to tlie'member actuated, and yielding means directly engaging all of the said actuating members for normally holding the actuating members in their starting positions.

movement of the actuating member in either direction for changing the operative direction of the detent.

9. In a machine for issuing tickets from a strip, a reel for feeding the strip, a plurality of selectively operable actuating members,

connecting means interposed between the reel and the actuating members for causing a movement of any one of the actuating members in one direction to rotate the reel in a ticket issuing direction; the connecting means including a lever, means associated with the connecting means for returning the latter to its starting position and for moving the selected actuating member in a direction opposite to its` aforesaid direction of movement, detents respectively associated with the several actuating members and each adapted interchangeably to prevent movement of the selected actuating member in either of the said directions, spring means associated respectively with the several detents and each tending to move the associated detent out of a position in which it prevents movement of the corresponding actuating member in the said opposite direction, a single latching member disposed for engaging all of the detents to prevent such movement thereof by the spring means; and means responsive to the completion ofthe movement of any one of the actuating members in the first named direction for releasing the latching member.

10. 'In a machine for issuing tickets from a strip, a reel for feeding the strip, cutting means for cutting the issued tickets from the strip, aplurality of selectively operable actuating members, connecting means arranged for causing a. movement of any one of the actuating members in one direction to rotate the reel in a ticket issuing direction and thereafter to operate the cutting means, means as- ,sociated with the connecting means for returning the latter to its starting position and for moving the selected actuating member in a direction opposite to its aforesaid direc- -tion of movement, detents respectivelyl associated with the several actuating members and each adapted to prevent movement of the selected actuating member in the said'opposite direction, spring means associated respectively with tlie several detents and each tending to move the associated detent out of a position in which it prevents movement of the corresponding actuating member in the said opposite direction, a single latching member disposed for engaging all of the detents to prevent such movement thereof by 'the spring means; and means for releasing the lat-ching member, the last named means being responsive to the completion of the operation of the cutting means'.

11. In a manually operated machine for issuing tickets from a strip an actuating member slidably mounted for longitudinal reciprocation, connecting means interposed between the actuating member and the reel for causing a sliding of the said member in one direction to rotate the reel in a ticket issuing direction, the said means including a lever extending transversely of and adjacent to the actuating member and pivoted for movement in a plane parallel to the axis of the actuating member; a movable cutter, spring means adapted to move the cutter so as to cause the latter to sever the issued tickets from the strip, means interposed between the lever and the spring means for tensioning the spring means when the lever is moved by a sliding of the actuating member in the said direct-ion, a latch preventing the operation of the cutter by the spring means during the said movement of the lever, and means actuated by the lever at the end of its said movement for releasing the latch.

12. A ticket issuing machine as per claim 11, including holding means operating in advance of the releasing of the latch for halting the reel, and means operated by the return movement of the lever for releasing the holding means from its reel-halting disposition.

13. In a machine for issuing tickets from a strip a cutter, cutter actuating means, a plurality of selectively operable actuating members, and connecting means interposed between the cutter actuating means and the said members for causing an actuation of any one of the said members in one direction to operate the cutter actuating means, the

connecting means including a lever disposed for direct operation by any one of certain operating members and a sub-lever connected to the said lever and disposedifor operation ly any one of certain other actuating memers.

14. A ticket issuing machine as per claim 13, in combination with separate retracting means respectively associated with the lever and the sub-lever.

15. In a machine for issuing tickets from a strip, a plurality of reciprocably slidable actuating members, a strip feeding mechanism, connecting means interposed between the actuating members and the said mechanism, and including a feed lever; a cutter lever responsive in sliding in one direction to a sliding of the selected actuating member in the direction in which the connecting means cause the mechanism to feed the strip; cutting means operated by the cutter lever at the completion of the movement of A the levers in the said direction, and separate retracting means associated respectively with the feed lever and the cutter lever; the said mechanism including a single lever extending transversely of and adjacent to all of the said actuating members and disposed for direct actuation by any selected actuating member.

16. A ticket issuing machine as per claim 15, including latching means for preventing an operation of the retracting means associated with the cutter lever during the initial retracting movement of the feed lever.

17. A ticket issuing machine as per claim 15, including latching means for preventing an operation of the retracting means associated with the cutter lever during the initial retracting movement of the` feed lever, the latching means being released by the feed lever when the latter has been retracted to a predetermined extent.

18. A ticket issuing machine as per claim 15, includingy a latch engaged by the cutter .lever at the completion of its-movement in the aforesaid direction and operating to hold the cutter lever against retraction, `the feed lever having a portion engaging the latch at a predetermined point in its retracting movement so as to release the latch.

19. In a machine for issuing tickets from a strip, strip feeding means, strip cutting means, digitally propelled mechanism for actuating both of the aforesaid means, the said mechanism including a feed lever and means for moving the lever in one direction, and also including power storing means interposed between the lever and the cutting means; a latch preventing the -power storing means from actuating the cutting means during the storing of power, and means for retracting the feed lever, th-e latch having a portion disposed in thepath of the feed lever so'as to be released by engagement with the feed lever after 'the latter has acquired a considerable momentum during its retracting movement.

20. A ticket-issuing machine as per claim 19, in which the power storing'means include a power storing mechanism, a cutter lever, and a connection between the mechanism and the cutter lever; the cutter lever being pivoted conjointly with the feed lever.

21. In a machine for issuing tickets from' a strip, a rotatable strip feeding member, and means for rotating the said member; the said means including a cam-shaped pinion and a cam-shaped driving gear intermeshed with the' pinion; the pinion having teeth extending circumferentially thereof for morethan 360 degrees.

22. In a machine for issuing tickets from a strip, a rotatable strip feeding member, and means for rotating the saidmember; the said means including a cam-shaped pinion, and a cam-shaped ldriving gear intermeshed with the pinion; the gearl and pinion being disposed in a common plane and the pinion having teeth extending circumferentially thereof for more than 360 degrees, the gear having one end thereof disposed between the axis of the pinion and teeth of the pinion at one end of its movement. n

23. In a machine for issuing tickets from a strip, a rotatable strip feeding member, a pinion coaxial therewith; a connection between the pinion and the rotatable member for causing a. rotation of the pinion .in one direction to rotate the said member in the same direction and for permitting the pinion` to rotate in the opposite direction without rotating the said member in the latter direction, a rocking gear meshing with the pinion and ladapted when rocked out of its starting position to rotate the pinion in the first CII responding to the length of a single ticket on the strip. f

25. In a machine for issuing tickets from la strip, a strip-feeding member, an oscillatable strip cutter, two power-storing means, a connection whereby one power-storing means is adapted to lnove the cutter in its strip cuting direction, another connection whereby the second power-storing means is adapted to retract the cutter, a cutter latch normally holding the cutter against movement in its stripcutting direction, a retraction preventing latch disposed for holding the cutter against retraction after the cutter has been moved in its-said direction, operating means for conjointly actuating the strip-feeding member and storing power in both of the power-storing means, means responsive to the completion of the conjoint actuation of the said operating means for releasing the cutter latch, and means operating subsequent tothe cutting of the strip for releasing the retraction preventing latch.

26. A strip issuing machine as per claim 25, in which the operating means include a reciprocable member and means for moving the said member in the direction in which it effects the said actuating, and in which the cutter latch-releasing means include a connection engaged by the reciprocable member at the end of its movement in the said direction.

27. A strip issuing` machine as per claim 25, in which the operating means include a reciprocable member and means for moving the said member in the direction in which it effects the said actuating; in combination with means for retracting the reciprocable member, releasable means for preventing the opertion of the said member-retracting'means, and means operated by the cutter at the end of its cutting operation for releasing the said releasable means.

28. In a strip issuing machine, a rotatable strip feeding member, a strip cutter, power storing means for actuating the strip cutter, a main operating member, connections whereby the movement vof the operating member in one direction rotates the strip feeding member in a strip feeding direction, a power member connected to the power storing means responsive for movement in its operative direction to the movement of the operating member in the said direction, and means actuated by the power member for halting the strip feeding member after it has been rotated in the said direction.

`29. In a strip issuing machine, strip feed-` ing means, stripcutting means, mechanism arranged for consecutively operating the strip feeding and the strip cutting means upon actuation of the mechanism in one direction, and means for retracting the mechanism subsequent to its said operating, the retracting means including a continuously operative spring and an auxiliary spring arranged for assisting in the retraction only after the first named spring has partly retracted the mechanism.

30. In a ticket issuing machine, an operating lever; a plurality of selectively and digitally operable actuating members each arranged for moving the lever in its operative direction and each formed so that any selected actuating member disposed away from its starting position will be engagedby the lever during the reti-acting movement of the lever;

springmeans for retracting the lever, where-- by the lever also retraets the selected actuating member, and auxiliary means engaging the selected digitally operable member near the end of its retraction by the lever for enforcing a complete retraction.

3l. In 4a ticket issuing machine, a strip feeding mechanism, a feed-lever for operating the said mechanism, a strip cutter, a eutter lever for operating the cutter, and a reciprocable actuating member extending transversely past both levers and having separate portions thereof disposed for respeo tively and substantially simultaneously engaging the two levers to actuate the latter.

32. In. a ticket issuing machine, a strip feeding mechanism, a feed lever for operating the said mechanism, a strip cutter, a cutter lever for operating the cutter, a sub-lever connected to the cutter lever in extension thereof, the connection being intermediate of the length of the cutter lever; and two groups of reciprocable actuating members both extending transversely past the feed lever, the members of one group extending past the cutter lever and each having'v portions disposed for directly engaging both the feed leverand the cutter lever, the members of the other group .extending past and each having portions disposedfor engaging both the feed lever and the sub-lever.

33. In a ticket issuing machine, a strip feeding mechanism, a strip cutter, a feed lever for operating the said mechanism, a cutter lever pivoted adjacent to the pivot of the feed lever and extending in the same direction', operative connections between the cutter lever and the lcutter, a sub-lever pivotally connected to the cuttery lever and intermediate of the ends of the feed lever, and a plurality of reciprocable actuating members all arranged for directly actuating the feed le- 

